Those were the parting words of encouragement I received my 6 year old son before I left the house on Friday morning. I had told him the night before that I'd save a doe tag for our trip in December so we could shoot one together; at the time he was good with the plan, but he must have realized overnight that it'd be more fun to be in the stand when Daddy shot a buck!
I had this Mason County deer at my feeder for 20 minutes on Sunday morning, thought more than once about airing him out but figured he'd be a good cull buck to take with my boy sitting right beside me! He was still in his bachelor group, I had the other two easily at 2.5 & 3.5 but I'm having a hard time placing this guy. My gut tells me he's only 4.5 but he's also the oldest deer I've seen in person on the place so possibly 5.5 but I can't get him any older than that.
He won't score well, but his frame is atypical for the area and he's got a lot of character. Would make a neat euro with a cool story behind him if I could seal the deal with my son in tow! Interested to hear yall's thoughts on his age, he's hitting a feeder near a road so I don't have high hopes that he'll make it another year. If given the opportunity someone on our lease will likely ground check him before the season is up.
I had this Mason County deer at my feeder for 20 minutes on Sunday morning, thought more than once about airing him out but figured he'd be a good cull buck to take with my boy sitting right beside me! He was still in his bachelor group, I had the other two easily at 2.5 & 3.5 but I'm having a hard time placing this guy. My gut tells me he's only 4.5 but he's also the oldest deer I've seen in person on the place so possibly 5.5 but I can't get him any older than that.
He won't score well, but his frame is atypical for the area and he's got a lot of character. Would make a neat euro with a cool story behind him if I could seal the deal with my son in tow! Interested to hear yall's thoughts on his age, he's hitting a feeder near a road so I don't have high hopes that he'll make it another year. If given the opportunity someone on our lease will likely ground check him before the season is up.
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